The El Paso Police Department on Wednesday released the jail booking photo of Jesse Vasquez, who was arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of Miriam Aguirre Salas and the wounding of two other people in a Segundo Barrio apartment on Saturday.

Vasquez, 36, was booked on charges of murder, criminal attempted murder and aggravated assault. He remains jailed on a bond of $280,000.

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A man accused of killing a woman in a knife attack during the weekend had made threats and harassing phone calls to her in the days prior to her death, court documents state.

The attack that left Miriam Aguirre Salas dead and wounded two of her friends early Saturday in an apartment in the Segundo Barrio is described in complaint affidavits by an El Paso police detective.

Documents stated Aguirre, 32, had a previous relationship with Vasquez.

About 4 a.m. Saturday, Vasquez allegedly forced his way into the apartment that Aguirre shared with her friend, Alma Rocio Dominguez, in a brick building in the 600 block of South Florence Street.

Vasquez "once inside immediately attacked several of the victims inside the residence with a knife," a complaint affidavit stated. Vasquez first stabbed and seriously wounded Enrique Contreras, 32, a friend of the women. Vasquez then allegedly attacked Aguirre "by grabbing her from behind and slashing her throat with a knife."

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Dominguez told Channel 26-KINT that they were asleep when Vasquez broke into the apartment.

"I think this guy had planned this," Dominguez told KINT. "He had gotten inside and he had taken the batteries from the phone. He got inside. A friend was with us. He knifed him and he slit her throat."

Documents stated that Dominguez, 30, received cuts to her fingers trying to defend her friends before Vasquez left the apartment. Police said Contreras was hospitalized with wounds that police described as serious but not life threatening.

Dominguez said Aguirre is the mother of three children, ages 15, 12 and 3.

"He would always threaten her," Dominguez said. "He would say that he would kill himself and that if she saw him with someone else that he would kill her."

El Paso County court records show Vasquez was under community supervision. In 2011, he was given deferred adjudication and sentenced to 10 years community supervision and 500 hours of community service in an aggravated assault case from 2010.

Under deferred adjudication, a case does not go to trial if a defendant successfully completes a type of probation.

Court records show a probation status hearing for Vasquez was scheduled for March 7.

Vasquez, of the 3600 block of East Yandell Drive, remains jailed under a $280,000 bond.

Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com; 546-6102. Follow him on Twitter @BorundaDaniel